This was my second time riding the Duck Tours. It's not a bad experience if you haven't tried it. The tour guide was very energetic and kind of kooky. There two parts to this Duck Tour. They first go on land and tour the downtown area showing the state buildings and statues. He told me some stuff about the state capitol that I didn't even know. He said the cone shaped things on the side of the building represented volcanoes and the water around it is the Pacific Ocean. I guess I learned something new today. He did have some trouble saying some of the Hawaiian words correctly but I don't think it bothered the tourists on there. My husband and I were the only non tourists. Most of them were from Japan so Duck Tours had a translator for them. My daughter loved riding in the road part. She liked being able to look outside of the open air vehicle and see people and things around her. After the land tour we did the water tour. We entered through the Ala Wai Harbor. The water was pretty dirty there but it was expected since we've had some pretty big rainfall recently. Thought I was getting sick because the waves were getting kind of big out there. But luckily we didn't stay out too long. We were able to see several surfers and paddlers, but no turtles today. Overall my mother in law really enjoyed it. She's been wanting to go on the Duck Tours for a long time. If you're a resident, the land tour is pretty good. I'm not much of a water person so I preferred the land. Great experience though. read more

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It's alright and good bang for your buck. Not too bad if it's your first time in Hawaii. The first half of the tour is on land. It begins in Waikiki and wraps around Diamond Head and goes back to the boat harbor by The Ilikai Hotel and into Waikiki beach. The two men who run the tour are nice, but it seemed like they were stuck in the 80's or something since they kept making references to Gilligan's Island and dead celebrities that used to live in Oahu. Their jokes also didn't land well in the crowd of people we were with so it also felt a little awkward. Once we hit the ocean part of the tour it was much much better and there was less talking from the guides. The vehicle itself is pretty industrial looking, but still comfy. I think if they were to work on the guide part of the tour it would benefit. Both of the men are trying hard to be funny and witty, but it needs a soft balance. read more

This is a great tour that will kill two tourist birds with one stone! You get to ride in a fully restored, authentic WW II amphibious vehicle that rolls down the street and then turns into a boat when you hit the water! It is 32 feet long and all eyes will gawk at you as you rumble down the Oahu streets. In fact my son and daughter were embarrassed to be seen in it but we loved it! So you get a city (and water) tour and then it's on to some snorkeling that takes you to Hanauma Bay. Picked up in the front of our hotel, we were taken for a brief city tour-past Diamond Head, beautiful exclusive homes of movie stars, a water ride, then dis-embarked at Koko Marina. Since we signed up for the Hanauma Bay Snorkle Tour, we received our snorkle gear and a snack, then boarded a van that takes you to the Snorkeling Mecca. Since Hanauma Bay is a Marine Preserve, vans are used to ferry tourists there since they are less taxing on the roads. After a few hours of wonderful snorkeling in the underwater cavity of a volcano, you are then driven back to your hotel. It is almost a full day tour and very fun too! If you have younger kids-they will love it. Unless they are older like mine-who secretly enjoyed it but complained none-the-less. Recommend it to fun-seekers and adventurous types. read more

Hawaii Duck Tours - Tours Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

It was my first time in Hawaii and we wanted to experience a little more than the local Hard Rock Cafe. So we signed up for the Duck Tour with fairly low expectations. It was so much more fun than we had anticipated. On land or by sea, it was beautiful, educational, and funny at times. We saw a sea turtle as we floated next to a legitimate surf competition and got an unrivaled view. The hosts were so nice. It was truly one of the highlights of our trip. read more

We did the downtown/Keehi Lagoon tour. We had a great time! Roland is an excellent tour guide. The bus/boat is amazing. We want to take the Moanalua Bay tour next! read more

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As excited as I was to go on this tour I would not recommend it to anyone visiting Hawaii. I was thoroughly disappointed in the pronunciation of the Hawaiian language and the facts given. I firmly believe when you are providing a service, tour guide, then great care must be taken to give accurate pronunciations and facts. Examples: Maile- pronunciation given by tour guide may-lee Kahiko- pronunciation given by tour guide kay-hee-co The reason Hula for forbidden by the missionaries has nothing to do with the lack of clothes. It has to do with the Hawaiian religion being based on being a pagan Polytheism (multiple gods) religion. King David Kalakaua who started the Merrie Monarch Hula Festival during a revival of Hawaiian language, song, and dance was not the last reigning monarch of Hawaii. That honor goes to Queen Liliuokalani. I do have to give the Duck Tour credit for responding to my initial message. I still feel that when you are taking on the responsibility of sharing another culture great care must be taken to provide accurate information. Especially when your target audience does not know anything and will potentially spread the incorrect information. read more

Great experience with beautiful views. Its definitely a must try. The captain and tour guide were very friendly and made it fun. read more

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Nothing like the Seattle Duck Tour. What an embarrassment to the duck tour franchise. I scheduled a duck tour two weeks before my girlfriend's 1 year anniversary and we thought it would be very romantic to take a sunset tour....boy were we wrong. First, I emailed them some questions and they took about 10 days to reply. That's after I pressured them to do respond at all by messaging them twice through facebook and twitter. If I had not messaged them, I probably wouldn't have gotten a response. Fast forward to the day of our anniversary tour and I thought it might be a smart idea to call them and casually confirm our reservation. They hadn't refunded our money so I assumed it would be still on. Plus, I received no email to the contrary. The guy on the hawaii duck tour phone: "Oh uh sorry but it's been cancelled." Me: "What? Why?: Him: "Oh uh bad weather and inspection of the docks." Me: "Couldn't you have told me about an upcoming inspection IN ADVANCE? (Idiot.) Him: *garbled muttering* *some baby crying in the background* "So uh, you want a refund?" Me: (Hell) Yes! :/ Him: "Or reschedule?" Me: "No." I don't know if this is some type of under-the-table business or something but it's probably one of the most unprofessional, unhelpful tours in Hawaii! If you don't actively call THEM, they will never bother to contact you and you could just be waiting for them at the dock without any help. I just got the refund and luckily was able to use the money towards a segway tour instead (something me and my gf wanted to do also.) Same time and in Waikiki. Shame on you Duck Tours Hawaii. read more

Had a great time..we were picked up on schedule and received interesting & fun road tour. The water portion was beautiful, Rolando, our tour guide offered insights about the reef and sea turtles. Capt. Ricky kept us safe and sound on the street and in the ocean. Both Rolando & Ricky seem to have a excellent working relationship. This tour is worth more than the price charge. It's a gem! read more

This is must do tour, when visiting Honolulu Hawaii.... we got to see so much, plus this bus goes into the water to see all around from another view. Great captain on board . I took the tour and accidentally dropped my license and credit card they could not do enough for me to find it. I wasn't sure I dropped it there, but the Captain went above and beyond to find and look for it. 2 days later he called me and found it. He didn't stop looking until he was sure it wasn't there. I was visiting Hawaii so I need to fly home it made it very difficult with no license . I can't thank duck tours enough with the captain. You are the best I can't thank you enough. Mahalo.... read more

We chose the duck tour for a fun girls day out. The 5 of us were met by Captain Ricky Bobby and his teammate, Celeste. Both welcomed us aboard with warm aloha. Our ride was clean, spacious and covered (very thankful for that during our mid tour rain shower). We went for a ride down the Rodeo Drive of Waikiki, around Diamond Head and then into the water for a dip and gorgeous views--all the while Celeste happily shared many fun and interesting facts about the city of Honolulu while Ricky Bobby interjected with his fun Texas humor :) What a great duo these two were. Definitely a worthwhile activity-- where else can you learn some interesting facts, be given a fun duck whistle, while riding in a big yellow amphibious vehicle with some great tour guides? read more

OK let me preface this review with the fact that this happened prior to me being on yelp and is not completely current. That being said....."F*CK A DUCK"...talk about a tale of two tours. First part of the tour was on a nice clean tour bus, we were picked up at our hotel and transported over to Pearl Harbor, which was a wonderful tour. Our tour guide "Uncle" Isaac stayed with us through the whole first part of the tour and was a great guy! The second half, oh brother....have to agree with everything the previous review said (and not just because she is my GF). The only thing she left out was the smell of exhaust you inhaled thru the entire tour. The only saving grace of the second half of the tour was the trip to Sand Beach and going out onto the water and enjoying the beautiful view. If only they could take care of the exhaust problem and the tour guide on the Duck it would be a better experience.....oh and maybe have the same person drive and be able to take you out into the water (that waiting for the captain sh*t, was a negative). Needless to say I do not recommend unless they made some major improvements since we went. P.S. They never gave me my Duck Whistle! read more

Super friendly!! Picked us up right by hotel and dropped us off even closer! This is a great opportunity to see the city and diamond head from a whole different perspective. Loved sitting up hi and being able to see! Although sometimes hard to hear they explained some of the island history along with pointing out landmarks. Great time and thanks for the hospitality. four thumbs up!! read more

We are writing this while on the tour itself. We were picked up from the hotel and taken on a WWII vehicle that is very authentic and fun to ride on. Having taken the duck tour in Seattle twice, we were really excited to experince it in Hawaii. We. Were a little dissapointed at the condition of the duck, it seemed a little bit more beat up and cramped than its Seattle counterpart. Not to complain about a vehicle that is after all 60 years old, but the restoration was a little lackig especially the barely padded seats with very little leg room for me, a 5'6 woman with her 5'7 bf. Heaven forbid anyone 6' or more trying to get on. After that, the audio system was on the fritz so that at high speed, the audio cut out, or was so broken up, that it was very hard to hear anything over the engine and the wind. We are now at pearl harbor and were very confused whenthe driver said to be back by 12:45 when our guide gave us tickets to an hour long Arizona tour beginning at 12:20. Some of the tour people were turining to my bf rather than the guide sine we were here a few days ago. We also thought thy the duck was going to take us out to the arizona itself since it was a boat as well. But alas, we find ourselves at the mercy of the US Navy. Overall, the experince has been a little underwhelming. We are going to go out to the water at some point, but do not know any other details like arrival back to our hotel promised between 12 and 2. We got picked up at 1:15 and we headed to Sand Beach. We drove out into the water for about 10 minutes and came right back out. Didn't really see anything. Then we went on a "tour" of Honolulu, which basically consisted of our guide talking about his childhood memories everywhere. Got to get out near Iolani and the Kamehameha statue to take pics. And then got dropped off. Don't recommend, read more

I missed the first pick up location so the driver called me so that we could make it to the last available location. The tour was around Waikiki in English and Japanese. I wish more information was given about the beat itself. The beach was calm enough that we could go out onto the water. I would recommend this tour to get to know a little history with a nice boat ride. read more

Oh my, we've been on the Seattle tour and compared to that, this was awful. The tour speaker was really boring, said he only worked weekends and was from the north shore. Wow, they must really be hard up. This guy made time go. So. Slow. We entertained the idea of getting a taxi and ditching the duck. We should have figured it out when we ended up being the only ones on the thing half way through. Save your money! read more

Played tourist for the day. Enjoyed the duck tour a lot. Definitely worth the money. Will certainly try the fireworks cruise. Great scenery and the guide was very nice. read more

Capt. Ricky was awesome and fun. Informative city tour followed by fun in the water. We saw a handful of sea turtles on our sea voyage. Highly recommend to check this out as the price is right and the time spent is worth it! read more

The captain was an amazing tour guide with a great sense of humor!! My mother and I are here from Boston and this tour has been one of the highlights of our trip. Mahalo to Eddy and the captain for taking us around and being so informative!! read more

This was great fun! I would do again! We learned a lot about the city and being in the ocean was so exciting. I don't know why other people didn't rate this higher! The guide was very knowledgeable and it was nice to get out of Waikiki! Price was very reasonable!!!! read more

Booked this tour twice. They cancelled twice at the last minute after waiting at pick up point over an hour. Not good communications to customers. So needless to say we have not taken the tour. Poor business practices. read more

Worst service customer treatment they don't have website for reference or email you or text you with information they don't you pick up from the right hotel because of that I missed my chance to be picked up they don't call u So I had to get refund what waist of my time read more

This bald guy who works for this company started a fight with me down at the harbor. He started by yelling at me, when I told him that his attitude wasn't necessary it became an all out brawl. The reason? He was blocking the road and I asked him if he was able to move. Not very Aloha. read more

If I could give no stars I would. We flew in for the day (6 of us) specifically to do the duck tour. We received a call the same day an hour before the tour that it was cancelled. She said they would refund our tickets but what about the flight and rental car? Ruined our entire day. Beyond irritated. read more

I have been on the duck tours many times I absalulty enjoy everything about the tour..The guide auntie Celeste is very helpful with information she knows a lot and always pronounces everything correctly..She is very energetic and excited to help us learn about the Hawaiian culture...I would recommend this tour to everyone visiting oahu...GO HAWAII DUCK TOURS!!!!!! read more

Went on this tour today it was fantastic ! The Captain was funny and very knowledgeable. I would do this tour again and recommend it to anyone else here in Oahu. 2 thumbs up given 5 stars! read more

This was a fun ride! There were 6 members in our party (including 2 children), and we all enjoyed the tour. The narrative of the city was engaging and interesting. The water ride along the coast of Waikiki was beautiful!! Highly recommend!!! read more

What a waste of money this was! So me and my honey get picked up in a shuttle on time ready to go to Pearl Harbor. Mind you he was on time for us but apparently eary for the next two people so we had to sit outside their hotel and wait. Ok ... I'm cool with that and Uncle Issac (he was great) did some Hawaiian dancing for us in the shuttle so that was quite entertaining as well. We finally get everyone on board and head for Pearl Harbor.. our guide tells us to meet outside at a specific time and we will jump on the Duck Tour. We have a great time strolling along Pearl Harbor and learning the history. Then dooms day came! DUN DUN DUNNNNNNNNNNN... The barely moving Duck with the barely speaking English guide shows up (not Uncle Issac) and tells us to jump on in. He is speaking HEAVY in pigeon and although I love my hawaiian peeps it was so freakin hard to understand him. We were joking during the tour like "I think I got a Duck.. I think I heard the word Tour".. yes people THAT BAD! He was trying to start this broken down duck that was leaking etc and he drove it barefoot... AWESOME! At one point his dollar store visor flew off in the street so he parked on the side of the road, left us there to walk a good oh 40 FEET to grab his visor. Back on board and here we go again. We finally get to the water (wherever that was because I couldnt understand) and all of a sudden... well hold on people we have to wait for the captain to show up to drive in the water. At this point I was so pissed that I spent all this money on this good for nothing tour that I took a pic. Now it is not a nice pic so I will not attach it but for your own viewing entertainment please see the pic in my pictures next to the big yellow broken down duck! Next we head into the water and let me tell you I am praying for my life that this thing didnt sink to the bottom like the Titanic. UGH... A few more sites we drove by but again couldnt understand so whatever and back home we went. It was just such a waste of money. Please do yourself a favor and save your bills! read more

Oh Duck Tours! How you have failed us!! I warn anyone wanting to book an event with them that their pricing is arbitrary and what ever they tell you ... they will change their minds! I booked the tour for a group. I was given a fair group rate.. not great, but oh well. Emails were not returned... phone calls not returned.... I called the main number and spoke with the girl a couple of times saying that I was unsuccessful with the person in charged of group tours. Still no help. After a month of trying to finalize the details and dates for our group I ended up speaking with the girl on the main number, not the group organizer. She suggested that we hire the tours on the hourly rate instead, its a better value. I said great! sign me up and provided a credit card number to reserve. You would think it is all set at this point... nope... I get an email later that day and was explained that the previous offer of the hourly booking was no longer available because we were not having a party... So there for, we must pay the higher rate. I was shocked! How greedy!! I called back asked to talk to the person that made this decision.. no call back. I cancelled my reservations and cancelled my card. If they cannot honor their own promises, who knows what other unscrupulous things they will do. I sent a follow up email to them and once again asking that the supervisor contact me... no follow up. I will figure out how to post the emails so you can see the pricing, the dates and all... Do not use them for a group tour.. not worth the head ache! They don't care about the business they loose or their credibility. read more

While eating breakfast on our last day in Honolulu, my wife spotted a duck tour vehicle (I don't know whether to call it a bus or a boat) and said she'd like to go on it. Since we had a 3:15 pm flight out, we could only make the 9:30 am tour, and that was at 8:30. They were very helpful and got us in at the last minute. The guide was a native Hawaiian, and his knowledge of the area was quite interesting. The price was quite reasonable, especially considering the prices in Hawaii in general and Honolulu in particular. Well worth it. read more

There are so many things to do in Hawaii. Go find one that earns 4 or more stars. You can save some money by not going on this "tour". A cab or shuttle to Pearl Harbor would have been as interesting. There are probably good Duck Tours elsewhere (like the Seattle reviews) but the Pearl Harbor tour is mostly boring with an inexplicable drop into the water where there are the worst views in Oahu. They had to justify the amphibious vehicle somehow. We had many excursions that were much more fun for the same cost. read more